3 weeks later, literary shrine still just fine
Call it a minor urban miracle. For the last three weeks, a handmade shrine to famous and little-known women, standing vulnerable in an alcove along the sidewalk in the 5200...
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Obama’s ripple effect on Chicago
IMMEDIATE IMPACT Tourism: The Land of Lincoln will enjoy another "presidential halo effect" on its tourism industry, observers say. The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau predicts increased interest in South...
Lincoln’s party: Less glitz but plenty of flash
What happened when another president from Illinois won the Oval Office (this sentence as published has been corrected in this text)? After the election of Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 6,...
Obama’s ripple effect
IMMEDIATE IMPACT Tourism The Land of Lincoln will enjoy another "presidential halo effect" on its tourism industry, observers say. The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau predicts increased interest in South...
The Election Day Show
ON THE TOWN AT THE CASINO Election? What election? It was business as usual -- the slot machine din of the gambling business, reverberating through the room -- at the...
In tragedy, artists find inspiration, despair
The least of Jennifer Hudson's concerns right now is how the slayings of her mother and brother -- and the still-unresolved disappearance of her 7-year-old nephew -- will affect her...
Great art is just a matter of time
It's been 17 years--count 'em, 17--between the last albums of original music by Guns N' Roses ("Use Your Illusion I and II" in 1991 and "Chinese Democracy," slated for release...
Dancing with the stars of U.S. politics
John McCain and Barack Obama have argued about how to rescue the economy, expand health care and win the war on terrorism. But what the people really want to know...
‘Zack and Miri’ title isn’t a trailblazer
Kevin Smith is getting some flak from newspapers, TV stations and billboard owners who don't want to accept ads using the full title of his new movie, "Zack and Miri...
CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL
Architecture Antony Wood: Tall, Taller, Tallest ... ! (401). 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Nov. 2 at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan Ave.; $5. The executive director of the Chicago-based...